Lupin III: Voyage to Danger

Original title: Rupan sansei: Rupan ansatsu shirei

TV Movie
1993
TV-PG
1h 30m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

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Lupin takes on a gang of arms dealers, but must deal with a new complication: Inspector Zenigata is taken off the Lupin case and replaced with a new officer who wants Lupin dead.Lupin takes on a gang of arms dealers, but must deal with a new complication: Inspector Zenigata is taken off the Lupin case and replaced with a new officer who wants Lupin dead.Lupin takes on a gang of arms dealers, but must deal with a new complication: Inspector Zenigata is taken off the Lupin case and replaced with a new officer who wants Lupin dead.

Director
- Masaaki Ôsumi
Writers
- Monkey Punch
- Hiroshi Kashiwabara
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

642

YOUR RATING

Director
- Masaaki Ôsumi
Writers
- Monkey Punch
- Hiroshi Kashiwabara
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Brad
(English version)
(voice)

Dameon Clarke

Keith Hayden
(English version)
(voice)

Derek Garrison

Additional Voices
(English version)
(voice)

Banjô Ginga

Brad
(voice)

Aaron Hatch

Additional Voices
(English version)
(voice)

Kyle Hebert

Additional Voices
(English version)
(voice)

Makio Inoue

Goemon Ishikawa XIII
(voice)

Unshô Ishizuka

Keith Hayden
(voice)

Kiyoshi Kobayashi

Daisuke Jigen
(voice)

Eiko Masuyama

Fujiko Mine
(voice)

Julie Mayfield

Karen Korinsky
(English version)
(voice)

Meredith McCoy

Fujiko Mine
(English version)
(voice)

Mike McFarland

Goemon Ishikawa
(English version)
(voice)
…

Gorô Naya

Inspector Zenigata
(voice)

Nachi Nozawa

John Klause
(voice)

Chris Rager

ICPO Chief
(English version)
(voice)
…

Christopher Sabat

Daisuke Jigen
(English version)
(voice)
(as Christopher R. Sabat)
…

Sonny Strait

Arsene Lupin III
(English version)
(voice)
…

Director
- Masaaki Ôsumi
Writers
- Monkey Punch
- Hiroshi Kashiwabara
All cast & crew
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Storyline

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Trivia
This TV special was something of a gamble. The ratings for the Lupin TV specials were steadily declining so the producers decided to shift the tone from the light hearted romps of the previous films to something akin to the violent action films of the early 90's. The gamble paid off and the success of this film led to several subsequent Lupin TV specials.

Goofs
At the begin of the movie you can clearly read the word "Polizia" on the cop's cars, but instead the policemen wear the carabinieri uniform.

Quotes
Inspector Koichi Zenigata: [takes a shot of booze] This was delivered to me this morning...
[holds out a notice]
Arsene Lupin III: [reads] "Detective Zenigata: today, July 23, as of tweve o'clock noon, you are hereby dismissed as Chief Investigating Officer of the Lupin Task Force." Dismissed?
Inspector Koichi Zenigata: That's right! From this moment on, I'm not responsible for the arrest of you and your little cronies!
[bursts into tears]
Inspector Koichi Zenigata: Oh, my life is falling apart! But after chasing you for twenty years and not having a single conviction, how can I blame them?... What hurts the most, is that some cocky young hotshot is gonna come in guns blazing and do what I never could!
Arsene Lupin III: [takes a seat] I'll drink with ya, Pops. Let's toast to your newfound freedom.
Inspector Koichi Zenigata: MORON! Are you even listening to me? I'm depressed!

Crazy credits
An extra scene on how Lupin's gang get Clause's money is shown after the end credits.

Connections
Version of Rupan sansei: Pilot Film (1969)

Soundtracks
Destiny Love
Lyrics by Nami Takubo
Music & Arrangement by Yuji Ohno
Vocals by Eri Ohno
Courtesy of VAP

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Review

Featured review

7/10

Hunt for Red Ivanoff

This is the first Lupin III movie to receive an English dub from my favorite dubbing team. I do love Lupin sounding like Krillin and Fujiko like Android 18, it keeps them together as a power couple. Likewise, Chris Sabat is a great voice for Jigen. Heck, this one even has Dameon Clarke, voice of Cell, as a villain. This Funimation group would continue to dub for the next 10 Lupin III movies.

The hook for this film is that Inspector Zenigata is off the case and a new more ruthless officer is assigned to catch Lupin and the gang. But, like usual, Lupin isn't too concerned about being caught and goes on to try to steal money from illegal arms dealers, this time accompanied by Zenigata.

This is a good Lupin III adventure. Fujiko is used for some good undercover work. Zenigata and Lupin work well off each other. Goemon has a struggle to overcome. But the real highlight of this one is Jigen. He has a subplot between him and this movie's one-off lady, Russian Engineer Karen Korinsky.

The villain, arms dealer John Klause isn't that memorable. But he clearly has a crush on Fujiko, which makes him the most relatable character of the movie.

The movie does seem like it is juggling too many things at once and loses its focus as it goes on. The animation isn't one of their better aspects this time around. But overall, this is still a fun Lupin adventure.

Trust the captain, this voyage is going to good places.